# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A1 7 A0 64 6

. G E O RGI A ASSOCI ATI ON OF PROFESSI ONAL PROCESS
SERVERS et a l. v

. THEODORE J ACKSON, AS SHERI F F OF F ULTON
COUNTY et a l

.

Th e Geo rg i a A ss o ci at i on o f Pro fes s io n a l S e r ve r s f i le d a pe ti t i on fo r m an d am u s , d ecl arat ory j u d g m e n t

, an d i n j u n ct i v e rel i ef ag ai ns t t h e s h eri ffs o f s ev eral co u n t i es ,
req u es t i ng t h at t he t ri al co u rt co m p el t h e s h eri ffs t o co n s i d er t h ei r p et i t i o ns t o b eco m e

cert ifi ed p ro ces s serv ers , p u rs u an t t o OCGA § 9 -1 1 -4 .1 . Th e s heri ffs fi l ed m o t i on s

fo r s u m m ary ju d g m en t, arg u i n g t h at OCGA § 9 -1 1-4

. 1 g i v e s t h em d i scret i o n to

d eci d e wh et h er t o al l o w s u ch s erv ers t o serv e p ro ces s in t h ei r co u n t i es

. Th e t ri al

co u rt gran t ed t h e s h eri ffs ’ m o t io n s , an d t hi s ap peal fo l l o wed

. 1 Ap p el lees

, h o wev er,

h av e fi l ed a m o t i o n t o tran s fer t h e ap p eal t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

, arg u i n g t h at t h e t ri al

co u rt ’ s m an d am

us ru li n g im

p l i cat es t h e Su p rem e Co urt ’ s ex cl u s i v e j u ri sd i ct i o n an d

t h at t h e co n s ti tu t i o n al i s s u e rai s ed al s o fal ls w i t h i n t h e Su p rem e Co u rt ’ s ex cl u s i v e ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Un d er o ur Co n s t i t u ti o n , th e Su p rem e Co u rt h as e xc lusiv e ap p el l at e j u ri s d i ct i o n

ove r a ll c a se s i n v ol v i n g ex t rao rd i n ary rem ed i es , i n cl ud i n g m an d am u s

. See G a. Const.

o f 1 9 8 3

, Art

. VI, Sec. V I, Par. III (5 ); Mi d-Geo r g ia En vi r o n men t a l Mg t

. Gr o u p,

1 Th e n o t i ce o f ap peal w as fi l ed o n M arch 1 8

, 2 0 1 5

. Pu rs u an t t o t h e Ap p el l at e J u ri s d i c t i o n Rev i ew Act o f 2 0 1 6

, t h e Co u rt o f A p p eal s h as j u ri s d i ct i o n o v er cas es i n v o l v i n g ex t rao rd i n ary rem ed i es i n wh i ch t he n o t i ce o f ap p eal was fi l ed o n o r aft er J an u ary 1, 2 0 1 7

. See Ga. L. 2 0 1 6

, p

. 8 8 3, § 3 -1 [co d i fi ed as OCGA § 1 5 -3 -3 .1 (a) (5 )]

. January 24, 2017L.L.P. v. Mer i wet h er Co un t y , 2 7 7 Ga. 6 7 0

, 6 7 1 (1 ) (5 9 4 SE2 d 3 4 4 ) (2 0 0 4 ). Becau s e

t h e o rd er i n t h i s cas e ad d res s es t h e ap pro p ri at en es s o f m an d am u s rel i ef, t h i s ap p eal

i s hereb y TRANSFERRED t o t h e Su p rem e C o u r t f o r di s p os i t i o n. See S

a xt o n v.

Co a s t a l Di a l

ys i s & c. , 2 6 7 Ga. 1 7 7, 1 7 8 (4 7 6 SE2 d 5 8 7) (1 9 9 6 ) (Su p rem e Co u rt h as

t h e u l t im at e res p o n s i b i l i t y fo r d et erm i n i n g ap pel l at e ju ri s d i ct i o n ).

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e
, A t la n t a
,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a t r u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d th e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

.

, C l e r k

. 01/24/2017